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Lincoln, IL

13,281 Population
6.2 square miles 2,126 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,380 ±$2,607 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: $35,126 ±$1,696
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,340 ±$2,729 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: $66,358 ±$2,759
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17% ±3.4% (2,092  ±418) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 13.1% † 3,203 (±1.7% / ±417)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±1.8 (108,045  ±12,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 21 229,490 (±1.2 / ±16,289)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,102 ±188 Number of households
  • the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 11,266 ±187
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (12,279  ±265) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 2.2 24,357 (±0 / ±178)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±2.3% (131  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 4.8% † 322 (±1.3% / ±87)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,357 ±159 Number of housing units
  • the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 11,967 ±96
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,300 ±$11,261 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: $134,400 ±$6,443
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±3.3% (2,140  ±442) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 15% † 4,112 (±1.9% / ±521.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±5.7% (8,572  ±571.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 92.7% 18,364 (±3.6% / ±724.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.3% ±2.8% (1,835  ±260.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 20.9% 4,142 (±1.8% / ±361.1)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±0.7% (188  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 1.5% 405
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.4% (733  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,410 (±0.8% / ±185)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
733 Total veterans ±157 628 Male ±119 105 Female ±137

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